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What is the ruling on dyeing hair black or with other colors?

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Question : You loved Allah. A woman asks: What is the ruling on applying dye, whatever its color, above the eyebrows?

Answer : As for dyeing gray hair black, this is forbidden, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was brought Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and his head was as white as a thughamah, so he said, "Change this gray hair and avoid black." The phrase "avoid black" is not an insertion, as some have claimed, but is part of the hadith. Also, a warning against this was given with a severe threat, because this is an attempt to oppose Allah in His ruling. Indeed, Allah the Exalted made gray hair a sign of old age, and if this person wants to make himself appear young, shaving the beard is uglier than that.
Indeed, shaving the beard is more severe than dyeing with black, because shaving the beard is changing the creation of Allah Mighty and Majestic, a change that was not commanded, but rather was forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Differ from the Magians,"
Do the opposite of what the pagans do. Keep the beards and cut the moustaches short.خالفوا المشركين، وفروا اللحى وحفوا الشوارب
Sahih al-Bukhari 5892
. And this bad habit, my brothers, did not spread in the Islamic world except after Western colonialism, when many of the lands of the Muslims were colonized. This affected their natures and their customs, so many Muslims began to shave their beards without caring about it. As for before colonialism, if you look at the history of this Ummah, you will not find anyone shaving his beard. In fact, some scholars said that ta'zir (discretionary punishment), specifically the ta'zir of the sinner, is not permissible by shaving the beard, because some of the tyrants, when they wanted to punish a person for a sin, would shave his beard, and this is forbidden. In any case, I offer advice to my brothers who have been afflicted with this matter, namely shaving the beard, to repent to Allah in this blessed month, to refrain from shaving the beard, and to let it grow as Allah Mighty and Majestic created it, so that they do not change the creation of Allah or oppose the path of the messengers of Allah. The Prophet Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), had a great, thick, dense beard, as is known from the description of his appearance (peace and blessings be upon him). And so were the prophets before him. Aaron said to his brother Moses:
O son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my headيَا ابْنَ أُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِي وَلَا بِرَأْسِي
[Taha 20:94]
. So we ask Allah to guide our brothers and to help them against their souls so that they may follow the Sunnah of the Messenger.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[17 من 30] ما حكم صبغ الشعر بالسواد وغيره؟!! الشيخ ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com

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